The gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays and got into the building through a next door parking garage.
Thieves have drilled into a German savings bank vault to steal millions of pounds worth of valuables from safety deposit boxes.
Witnesses saw several men carrying large bags in the stairwell of the garage overnight on Saturday, while CCTV footage - which has not been released - captured a black Audi RS 6 leaving early on Monday morning.
Masked suspects, including one who operated the exit barrier, were seen inside the vehicle, which had been stolen in Hanover, around 150 miles away, according to police.
A picture taken inside the ransacked bank vault shows a circular hole drilled through a thick wall with items strewn across the floor.
The thieves broke into thousands of safe deposit boxes, with initial estimates placing the value of the raid between 10 and 90 million euros, according to police spokesperson Thomas Nowaczyk.
A fire alarm was triggered at the bank on Saturday and police and firefighters arrived at around 6.15am but found no evidence of damage, with the break-in not discovered until Monday morning.
Police said the gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays to carry out the heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen and got into the building through a next door parking garage.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/thieves-...bles-worth-tens-of-millions-of-euros-13488710
Thieves have drilled into a German savings bank vault to steal millions of pounds worth of valuables from safety deposit boxes.
Witnesses saw several men carrying large bags in the stairwell of the garage overnight on Saturday, while CCTV footage - which has not been released - captured a black Audi RS 6 leaving early on Monday morning.
Masked suspects, including one who operated the exit barrier, were seen inside the vehicle, which had been stolen in Hanover, around 150 miles away, according to police.
A picture taken inside the ransacked bank vault shows a circular hole drilled through a thick wall with items strewn across the floor.
The thieves broke into thousands of safe deposit boxes, with initial estimates placing the value of the raid between 10 and 90 million euros, according to police spokesperson Thomas Nowaczyk.
A fire alarm was triggered at the bank on Saturday and police and firefighters arrived at around 6.15am but found no evidence of damage, with the break-in not discovered until Monday morning.
Police said the gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays to carry out the heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen and got into the building through a next door parking garage.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/thieves-...bles-worth-tens-of-millions-of-euros-13488710
